News from the Heart & Soul of San Francisco
ARCHITECTURE | THERESE POLETTI In one of the more unusual examples of architectural ornament in San Francisco, a circle of lady bugs surrounds what appears to be a 1915 Ford Model-T Roadster. They adorn the facade of the architecturally significant 94-year-old garage that is home to Hayes Auto Repair at 2401 Bush Street, between Pierce…
Carlo Middione and his late and beloved Fillmore restaurant Vivande are back in the news today. The Chronicle reports that he’s included in a new book discussing his loss of taste and smell after he was involved a car accident. Read more: Carlo Middione can’t taste but still loves to cook And don’t miss the…
Elena Basegio and her father Doug Basegio opened the Fillmore Bakeshop at Bush and Fillmore just in time for the World Series. “We spent last night figuring out how to put the Giants in pastry form,” Elena said a few days after opening. The result: a white chiffon cake filled with chocolate mousse and covered…
THE NEWS CAME as a sudden shock: September 30 was the final day of business for Delanghe Patisserie at the corner of Fillmore and Bush. After 26 years of buttery croissants and mini eclairs, finis. It seemed impossible to the Francophiles who loved the place and the locals for whom it was always there. No…
By Stedman F. Matthew More than 60,000 people visit the St. Jude Shrine at St. Dominic’s Church every year to light a candle, say a prayer and seek solace from their suffering. The shrine — founded by the Dominican friars in 1935 in the middle of the Great Depression to bring hope to a world…
10/10/10 brought Fillmore’s newest boutique to the street: Los Angeles designer James Perse opened shortly before noon in the long-vacant space at 2028 Fillmore. Shortly after noon, the locals were already streaming in to check out what the company calls its “seamless blend of luxe and casual.” Perse offers clothing for both men and women…
The third annual San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival comes to Yoshi’s on Sunday, October 10, from 6 to 9 p.m. Among the headliners are composer-pianist-vocalist Primo Kim, appearing with guest vocalist Jo Canion; Tokyo’s premier jazz diva Charito; and, from Manila, the powerful singer Sandra Lim Viray. The roots of Filipino jazz in San…
Neighborhood artist Veerakeat Tongpaiboon has a new exhibition of his dynamic cityscape paintings this month at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery, his longtime artistic home at Pine and Fillmore. It’s the 16th year he has shown at the gallery. But this time he won’t be shuttling between his art and his day job at his family’s…
[nggallery id=5] By Tessa Williams “Serendipity,” reads an assemblage of vintage letters affixed to a wall at Timeless Treasures, Joan O’Connor’s antiques store on Sutter Street near Pierce. “Bananas,” reads another. “Slow down,” a third. An establishment that celebrates the relationship between words and objects, Timeless Treasures specializes in vintage letters, available in a vast…
SALOONS | Chris Barnett Last time 3640 Sacramento Street was a popular address was in the late 1930s when elegant automobiles such as Packards, Cadillacs and probably a collector’s Dusenberg were parked and pampered by skilled mechanics there. The onetime garage has seen countless restaurants and businesses come and go. But the current occupant, Spruce,…